NOTE: On NNR Samantha Bunten of NBC Sports and I discussed the Cavs draft, the recent news in the NBA & NFL, and the biggest questions facing the teams in the AFC South & West.

The Indians are struggling as usual. Those of you that listen to NNR know all I expect from the Tribe is that they stay interesting until the Browns opens training camp. Unfortunately that seldom happens.

The problem is that while his nephew James L. Dolan is willing to spend big bucks on the New York Knicks, Larry Dolan is a tightwad in owning the Indians. Evidently Larry has never heard the adage “it takes money to make money.”

The Knicks are the 5th highest payroll in the NBA. In 2014-15 they spent 80.1 million. The Tribe is the 26th highest spending team spending 63.8 million.

The Tribe is offensively and defensively challenged. If the good pitching gives up 2 runs, the team has little chance of winning. If the questionable defense adds an unearned run, the team has no chance of coming back.

Early this year several “experts” were expecting the Tribe to get into the playoffs. That prediction was in the dumpster after the first month of the season.

I know Larry is old but either sell the team or let a few moths fly out of your purse and spend some money on the team to bring in a couple of solid offensive players. Otherwise the Tribe will have more relief pitchers in the bullpen than fans in the seats.

That is what I think. Tell us what you think by commenting here or tweeting me @NNRonDSN.

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Samantha Bunten of NBC Sports, former NFL scout Kelron Sykes and I will discuss the additions the Browns have made this off season. Then at 6:30 David Kay basketball guru of Walterfootball.com joins me to talk about the Brackets and who will win. The last guest tonight will be Knicks beat writer for Metro New York Tony Williams to discuss the hiring of Phil Jackson by the team.

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Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He edits https://fryingpansports.com. He has also published several novels onand a non-fiction work at http://www.merriam-press.com/. Follow him on twitter @NNRonDSN to get the schedule of Special News, Notes and Rumors broadcasts. You can hear the previous shows on https://fryingpansports.com/radio-show/ and the live show Mondays at 6 PM Eastern time on .

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Doug Upstone of Sports-Watch.com joins us to preview the top college games.

Tony Williams, Giants and Knicks beat writer for the Metro New York Paper joins us to relive the pain of the loss to the Giants.

Tim Bielik, OSU and Browns beat writer for the Loraine Morning Journal joins us to preview those teams games.

Samantha Bunten joins us to talk Browns and maybe a little Indians.

Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He edits https://fryingpansports.com. He has also published several novels onand a non-fiction work at http://www.merriam-press.com/.

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Ken Becks

Ken Becks of 1stdownscouting joins us to preview the Browns season and review the cuts made last weekend.

Evan Silva of Rotoworld/PFTalkNBC joins us to talk about Fantasy football and who will stand out this season. We will also preview the NFL season.

Tony Williams Giants and Knicks beat writer for Metro New York Paper joins us to preview the Cowboys/Giants game to kick off the season.

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Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He edits https://fryingpansports.com and was a senior writer for . He has also published several novels onand a non-fiction work at http://www.merriam-press.com/.

There will be no show tomorrow but be sure to join us for our Browns/Eagles Post game show Friday 11 PM EDT.

Tony Williams

Tony Williams Giants and Knicks beat writer for the Metro New York Paper joins us to talk about the games coming up this week.

Tim Bielik, Browns and Buckeye beat writer for the Loraine Morning Journal joins us to talk about both teams.

Warren McCarty owner of mypassionisfootball and feature writer for National Football Post joins us to talk about his article on the smaller OTs, and the preview Browns/Eagles.

Dave Kay, feature basketball writer for Walterfootball.com and the Sportsbank.com joins us to talk NBA and how the trade of Howard will affect all the teams involved.

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Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He edits https://fryingpansports.com and was a senior writer for . He has also published several novels onand a non-fiction work at http://www.merriam-press.com/.

Tony Williams, beat writer for the Knicks and Giants on Metro New York Paper joins us to talk about how the NY fans feel about Knicks ownership and the coaching change. James Dolan who own the Knicks also own the Indians.

Dave Kay, basketball editor for waterfootball joins us to discuss the playoffs and the NBA Draft.

Samantha Bunten joins us to talk about the Browns and Indians.

NOTE: There will be no show Thursday May 24 or Monday May 28. We will resume regular schedules on May 29th.

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Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He edits https://fryingpansports.com and was a senior writer for . He has also published several novels onand a non-fiction work at http://www.merriam-press.com/.